PRINTER'S NO.  2145

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1705

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, JUNE 12, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 12, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Making an appropriation to Salus University, Philadelphia.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The sum of $1,511,000 is hereby appropriated to

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Salus University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1,

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2009, to June 30, 2010, for instruction.

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Section 2.  Payments to Salus University on account of the

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appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made quarterly by

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the Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the

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fiscal year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for

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inclusion on the Board of Trustees of Salus University of a

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minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and who

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are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the

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Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the

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House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of

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Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the

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respective appointing authority; and shall be further

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conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as

 


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members of the board of trustees.

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Section 3.  Salus University shall provide full, complete and

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accurate information as may be required by the Department of

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Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the

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Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the

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minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House

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of Representatives.

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Section 4.  Salus University shall report its revenues and

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expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance

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with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for

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educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education

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Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,

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State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and

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Universities."

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Section 5.  The trustees of Salus University shall report on

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forms provided by the Department of Education to both the

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chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee

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of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the

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Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives by

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September 30, 2010, on how State-appropriated funds were

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expended for fiscal year 2009-2010 to reduce the costs to

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Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to

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Pennsylvania residents.

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Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or

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immediately, whichever is later.

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